Fortinet FortiGate Reviews

It is quite easy to handle.

Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports.

I have been using this solution for the last two years.

Its stability is quite good.

It is quite scalable.

Their support is great. I would rate them a five out of five.

Previously, we were using a different solution, and as compared to that solution, it is very easy to handle.

I would rate it a nine out of 10.

I primarily use this solution for external security of our network.

We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days. 

We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platform and the Apple Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a Apple Mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved.

Almost two years.

Fortigate has more than adequate capability to cope with everything we require for the foreseeable future. 

The support is very good, and we have had no issues. 

Previously had a SonicWall. Even allowing for an upgrade discount on the SonicWall, the FortiGate was a more compelling purchase.

It was fairly straightforward. 

• Security
• Monitoring and controlling
• VPN
• Active Directory integration
• Servers
• All components related to an enterprise environment.

We replaced Sophos with FortiGate and found it better than the Sophos product. It has better control, insights, and prevention from crypto malware and other threats.

The most valuable features are centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances so we can have control over public and private Infrastructure.

Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products are future proof and offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability.

IT is continuously evolving, and every few days or months, there is something new. Whoever evolves first will take the lead over the competition. Adopting and evolving is the key to success.

These products are solid and stable.

We have not had any issues with scalability.

Our experience with support has been fine. No trouble or hassle.

Sophos: It was good for small businesses, who are evolving and improving. Though, I found Cisco Meraki to be much better.

Part of the setup was straightforward and other parts were complex. They need to work on feature placements and menus.

We did the implementation through a vendor, who had good experience.

Two to three years, depending on usage type, number of users, and organizational size.

Yes, we did, Palo Alto and other solutions, but we found FortiGate to be the best solution at that point in time.

We use Fortinet FortiGate for basic network security and people accessing through VPN.

Fortinet FortiGate is a reliable and practical solution that assists us in our day-to-day operations.

Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable.

I would like some automated custom reporting.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate for one year.

Fortinet FortiGate is stable.

The scalability has met our requirements. We have around 40 users.

We previously used DrayTek before switching to Fortinet FortiGate which has more features.

The implementation was completed in-house.

We evaluated Palo Alto Networks, but the cost of the solution and support were higher than Fortinet FortiGate.

I give Fortinet FortiGate an eight out of ten.

The maintenance requires one person.

Fortinet FortiGate is used for the overall protection of companies.

All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good.

The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate for approximately one year.

Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution.

The solution is scalable. We have 11 clients using this solution.

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate is straightforward.

Fortinet FortiGate allows you to purchase licenses for hardware and software.

I have evaluated Cisco solutions.

I would recommend this solution to others, it is a good solution.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate a seven out of ten.

I am using Fortinet FortiGate as a firewall.

The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS.

Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful.

The way Fortinet FortiGate handles the phase two connection of a VPN setup could be better. For example, if I have to make a phase two traffic selector input, I cannot add more ports. For example, on a specific IP address pair, if I have an IP address pair source and destination, then I can only add one port. I'm not sure if I can do that through the command line, but on the GUI, I cannot, and this is a problem. I have to select another IP address pair to allow another port and this means new traffic selectors and a new set of tunnels. This causes more tunnels to need troubleshooting. 

I would like to be able to pass more diverse information through the same tunnel, and it doesn't seem to be possible if you want to limit the traffic through the tunnel and not allow all protocols between the same IP address pair. If we want to limit the ports, then I find there is a problem.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate for approximately a year and a half.

We have a contract with a Fortinet partner, and they're very good at providing support. We don't have the communication directly with Fortinet.

I have previously used a Cisco firewall, the 5520 model. It was not a next-generation firewall and did not have IPS integrated, and it was quite difficult to manage and to find features and implement them. Fortinet FortiGate is very good at this.

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate is straightforward.

I do not have first-hand experience with the rice of Fortinet FortiGate, but I have heard the price was reasonable.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate a ten out of ten.

We are using Fortinet FortiGate for our security needs in an organization. You can have application and transport-based security. It functions according to the needs of the customer and there are additional add-ons that can be provided. Overall it is a good product.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate for a few years.

Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution.

The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate.

We have approximately 2,000 users using Fortinet FortiGate.

The solution from Fortinet FortiGate is very good. Our experience has been very good.

The implementation of Fortinet FortiGate was simple.

If the price of the license in Fortinet FortiGate was less expensive it would be better.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate an eight out of ten.

We use this firewall as part of our security solution.

The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration.

There are a lot of known issues in some newer versions of the FortiGate operating system, so there is room for improvement with that. One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support.

Having the newer features work in the older, more stable versions of the product would be great. Some of the new features might really help a lot, but there are problems with stability.

I have been working with FortiGate for approximately two years.

There are a lot of new features built into newer releases, but there are not very stable. 

The Fortinet technical support is awesome. They're handling my problem quickly and doing it well.

The price is okay.

I have compared solutions from other vendors including Palo Alto.

This is a good product, however, there is always room for improvement.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.